Gavin-4 Months

Our little man is 4 months old already!  He is so happy and we just adore him.  We had his 4 month check up on December 31, 2012.  Weighed in at 16 lb 12 oz, 83rd percentile, 26 and 3/4 inches long, 95th percentile and head circumference of 43.7, 84th percentile!  He is doing great, but does have lots of rashy spots.  When I took him in a few days earlier, they said he has eczema and that I need to put cortizone 10 and lotion on it each morning and night.  I also switched to using Dreft laundry detergent and no dryer sheets.  He has some seriously sensitive skin.  The rash did go away but they said it would probably be there during winters for awhile.  Here is a 4 month picture of Gavin.  He seems to have his arms up like this a lot right now.

Here are some things Gavin has been doing this month.

• Gavin LOVES Ellie.  He has always loved her and she is so good with him.  He is now following Ellie around with his eyes and will laugh and laugh for her.  He always smiles when he sees her too.  I hope there relationship stays good as they get older.  It is so cute.  I love this picture because they were both content for quite awhile just hanging out with each other watching cartoons.  December 4, 2012

• Gavin still hates tummy time.  He usually cries for most of the time he is on his tummy.  December 4, 2012

• He is sometimes okay on his tummy and when he is, he does really well at holding his head up.  December 7, 2012

• Gavin drools like crazy.  I blame Patrick because he always wondered why kids drool so much.  Everyone always thinks he is getting teeth and makes sure to tell us that.  He still has no teeth and no red bumps....etc.  But I usually have a bib on him because if not his shirts are drenched.  December 7, 2012

• He has started to find his voice more and more and loves to jabber, especially in the car.  It is so cute to hear his little voice.  This sounds dumb, but he already sounds like a little boy.  I never really thought of Ellie's voice sounding like a girl when she was a baby, but now I realize it did so much.  Gavin just sounds like a boy:)
• Gavin loves to be on his side.  He sleeps on his side and will roll to his side whenever we put him down.  On December 21, 2012 he rolled from his back to his tummy.  He also can amazingly move around.  We find him in the bottom of the crib all the time.  This picture is from the 29th,

• He loves being held up in the air above you.  He will laugh and smile like crazy.  Over Christmas Patrick had him laughing so hard one night.  He woke up and didn't want to sleep and was just super giggly. 
• I had to include this picture because of love his hair.  Gavin still has very red hair and I think it is going to stay like that.  It may bleach a bit in summer.  It is so handsome and we get so many comments from people everywhere we go on how pretty his hair color is.  This is after a bath and he looks like Einstein:)  December 27, 2012

• We have a jumparoo and tried it out with Gavin.  He wasn't so sure about it but I think will end up loving it.  He likes to be up and looking around.  Ellie sure thought it was fun to have him in there and wanted to swing him all over...December 29, 2012

I am just smitten by this little man and am so glad he is in our family.  He is such a cutie and brings so much joy to us.  Can't wait to see his little personality keep coming.